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[quote=Anonymous]I am the parent of the 2nd grader who went to the grading meeting.

There is one fundamental that has not been addressed in this thread -

THE STANDARDS BY WHICH YOUR CHILDREN ARE BEING MEASURED ARE CHANGING.  "Common Core" standards are being rolled out in 48 states, including Maryland.  The curriculum was going to change no matter what.  The fundamentals being taught in each grade were going to change no matter what.  Each school system in Maryland, and in the other 47 states for that matter, is going to have to roll out a new curriculum so that children become proficient (that's a common core word) in each standard at the grade level established by the Common Core Standard.

The bottom line is that you may not like MoCo's 2.0 Curriculum, but no matter what, there was going to be a new curriculum to meet Common Core.  You'd have to move to either Texas or Virginia to avoid a change to Common Core and a new curriculum.

I can't say that how MoCo is rolling out the new curriculum is any better or worse than another system would roll out a curriculum, but I am taking a wait and see attitude.  I have that luxury because I have a happy, apparently average intelligence child who loves going to school.  She is learning far more than I ever learned in second grade, and if that is all I get, then I'll stick with 2.0.  Sorry, but with all the bluster on DCUM over the past two years about 2.0, I am still not seeing a disaster.

Parents, you aren't going to change MoCo and 2.0, so I suggest you find a way to work in the system or move Snowflake to another system or to private.    [/quote]

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